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. SNAP HOOK. I No. 322,674 Pateniwd July 21, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE:-

THOMAS BEECHER, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN H. KEARNEY, OF SAME PLACE.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,674, dated July 21, 1885.

Application filed February 2, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS BEECHER, of NewHaven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Snap-Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a perspective view of the hook complete; Fig. 2, a side view, a portion cut away to show the spring-chamber; Fig. 3, a

I 5 transverse section through the spring-chamber; Fig. 4, a perspective view, the tongue and spring removed to show the-recess; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the tongue detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of snap-hooks in which a tongue is hinged to swing up and down in a plane with the point of the hook, and so as to close the opening, a spring being arranged to hold the tongue in its closed condition, but per- 2 mit it to be turned to open the hook, the object of the invention being principally to construct the body of the hook and loop so that each may be cast complete without the usual bending or twisting necessary in the hook,

0 and also to make a completely-closed springchamber; and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the body, terminating at one end in the hook B and at the other end in a loop, C,'or other device by which the hook may be attached. The body in rear of the point of the hook is constructed with a recess, D, (see Fig. 4,) open at one side and roupon the top. This recess is to form the spring-chamber.

E, the tongue, is of inverted-L shape in transverse section, its rear end projecting onto the body, to which it is attached by a 5 pivot-pin, a, and so that the tongue may swing thereon toward and from the nose of the hook, as indicated in Fig. 2, and so that its forward end may stand beneath the point of the hook. In the horizontal part of the tongue a notch, b, is cut, so as to form a flange, F, to enter the recess D in the body of the hook, and form substantially a cover for the upper end of the recess, while the side of (No model.)

the tongue closes the side of the recess, as seen I in Fig. 3, the tongue thus forming two sides 5 of the recess and the body of the hook the other four sides, makes a closed chamber within the body, and into this chamber the spring G is arranged, one end resting upon the bottom of the recess and the other against the 6 under side of the flange F, as seen in Fig. 3, the tendency of the spring being to force the tongue upward and hold its end against the end of the hook, and as seen in Fig. 2. By this construction the body, hook, and loop 6 may be cast complete and in their proper relation to each other, thereby avoiding the twisting of the hook necessary in many construotions of hooks of this class. The tongue also may be cast complete and in its proper 7( shape, so that no manipulation of either part is required other than that which may be produced by the tuinblingbarrel, save only the introduction of the pivot a, upon which the tongue turns. The construction is exceedingly cheap, the spring is thoroughly protected, and the article as a snap-hook is strong and durable.

The hook is engaged in the. usual manner of engaging snap-hooks by simply depressing 8c the tongue, as indicated in broken lines, Fig.

2, which when free returns to its normal or closed condition under theaction of the spring D.

I claim---- a The hereindescribed snap-hook, consisting of the body A, terminating at one end in a hook, B, and at the other in a device for attachingthe hook,'the said body constructed with a recess, D, open from, one side of the 9( hook, and up through its upper edge, combined with a tongue, E, of inverted-L shape in transverse section, hung to the body by a pivot, a, in rear of said recess, the horizontal part of the L constructed with a notch, 5 b, to form a flange, F, the side of said tongue serving to close the side of the recess, and the flange F the upper end of the recess, and a spring, G, arranged in said recess to bear against said flange F, substantially as de- 1c scribed.

THOS. BEECHER.

WVitnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, J 0s. 0. EARLE. 

